The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-12-23
SPOKEN BY THE LAWYERS.


The following is synopsis of the re
mark of the legal fraternity at their meet
ing yesterday afternoon 10 take action il
respect TO the memory Of the late M. ID
L. Collester. The speeches are Of con
siderable interest:
Mr.. j. L. Washburn was the first tospeak
He paid high compliment TO Mr.. Col
lester as practitioner. No profession
was more chivalrous than that OF Law
and the deceased had understood thii
and practiced in that light. He refer
red feelnglY to the last time that they
had been together. Mr.. @. was good
man and good lawyer and that was
enough for any of the profession to as
pire 10.
Mr.. John A. Lovely, of Albert Lea,
paid an eloquent tribute to the memory
of the deceased. The latter had deep
and profound love ofjustice. He had
known no man in the profession who
had secured warmer confidence than
Mr.. Collester. He referred feelingly to
his sunny disposition.
Mr.. Albert Smith, of Minneapolis,
Mr.. Collester's first business partner,
paid high tribute TO the ability of the
deceased. They had been room-mates
at college and brothers in college So
cietY. He had few equals in almost
every subject as young man. His ma
ture was most generous. The speaker
could not give expression TO his feelings
but felt like thanking the people of
Mankato because they had been able to
appreciate the man.
Mr.. S. ID. Crump, of Waseca, spoke
next. He had known Mr.. c. for seven
years. An able lawyer and a generous
practitioner, he had never plighted his
word but that he fulfilled it to the letter.
He was faithful in all things.
Judge Thomas S. Buckham, of Fari-
bault, had known Mr.. c. intimately for
a number of years. He had no enemies.
He had attended every term of court in
Waseca county since the judge had been
on the bench, except the last term,
when he was missed as no other man
could be.
Mr.. P. A. Foster, as Mr.. Collester's
partner, had been associated with him a
little over year and had learned to
love him as brother for nearly every
good quality that man could possess.
There was no situation in WHICH he was
placed but that he could extract JOY
from it. He wanted to live because he
was so happy. During his sickness he
had never said an unkind, hasty or
complaining word, nor had he to the
speaker during the time that they were
associated together. He was a man of
thorough education and did not quit his
studies when he left school but studied
and read largely nearly every day. He
read more than almost any other man
that the speaker had ever known and
had a wonderful memory. He was the
truest friend, the neblest man the
speaker ever saw or ever expected to
see.
JUICY bhoI
olutions be recorded in the minutes of
the court as a lasting memorial of the
worth of his deceased friend. He
heartily approved the resolutions, but if
they stopped too short. Mr..
e. was a man of genial disposition,
second sun wherever he lived, an able
lawyer, generous friend. He was a
firm believer in the highest type of
Christian philosophy, the speaker be-
heved. He bestowed his love not on
the angels alone, but on those who
needed it and was a friend of his race.
He was brilliant practitioner at the
bar. He possessed a deep conscious
ness and was emlnently a just man.
He sent it as plaudit to the deceased g
tomb that at certain trial recently be-
fore the speaker, when he had found
out the true position ofa client whom
he had thought in the right that he had
privately after the trial informed the
speaker that he cared not whether the
decision was against him as he said, az
love justice better than l do victory"
Ever after and before his decease the
speaker heard that sentiment ringing IN
his ears.
All of the words spoken by the speak
ers were from the heart and all were
spoken with deep emotion.